Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,654 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Muriel Bowser Official Portrait
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Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (1972- )
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Florence Beatrice Smith Price (1887-1953)
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Tina Turner (1939- )
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Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882)

Explore Global African History

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(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks at a Rally for Nigerian Independence at Trafalgar Square, London
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013)
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Rachel Christie (1988- )
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Didier Yapi (1976-2015)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Juneteenth: The Growth of an African American Holiday (1865- )
Market exterior and cars, South Side Chicago, ca. 1970
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The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program, 1934-1975
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A Brief History of the San Diego NAACP, 1917-2007
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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